Where does “cloba” come from?

cloba (Middle Irish) comes from Icelandic klof, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

Ancestry of “cloba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicklofa crotch, an area of a person's body where the...
2Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Icelandic klof →